Re: [RFC] Boxed text labels

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

Ethan Merritt wrote:
> This capability is necessarily driver-dependent. 

Why?  The existing terminal API can do all the necessary things already,
AFAICS: measure text, fill a box (even with "background"), draw a 
rectangle, and output text.  I really don't see why this should 
necessitate a new API entry.  I dislike the amount of needless code 
duplication this is bound to duplicate.  Work that can be described and 
done without knowing what terminal you're on has no business being done 
inside a terminal driver.